Rigveda 10.117
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.117
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.117.1
na vā u̍ de̱vāḥ kṣudha̱m id va̱dhaṁ da̍dur u̱tāśi̍ta̱m upa̍ gacchanti mṛ̱tyava̍ḥ |
u̱to ra̱yiḥ pṛ̍ṇa̱to nopa̍ dasyaty u̱tāpṛ̍ṇan marḍi̱tāra̱ṁ na vi̍ndate ||
THE Gods have not ordained hunger to be our death: even to the well-fed man comes death in varied shape. The riches of the liberal never waste away, while he who will not give finds none to comfort him.
10.117.2
ya ā̱dhrāya̍ cakamā̱nāya̍ pi̱tvo 'nna̍vā̱n san ra̍phi̱tāyo̍paja̱gmuṣe̍ |
sthi̱ram mana̍ḥ kṛṇu̱te seva̍te pu̱roto ci̱t sa ma̍rḍi̱tāra̱ṁ na vi̍ndate ||
The man with food in store who, when the needy comes in miserable case begging for bread to eat, Hardens his heart against him-even when of old he did him service-finds not one to comfort him.
10.117.3
sa id bho̱jo yo gṛ̱have̱ dadā̱ty anna̍kāmāya̱ cara̍te kṛ̱śāya̍ |
ara̍m asmai bhavati̱ yāma̍hūtā u̱tāpa̱rīṣu̍ kṛṇute̱ sakhā̍yam ||
Bounteous is he who gives unto the beggar who comes to him in want of food and feeble. Success attends him in the shout of battle. He makes a friend of him in future troubles.
10.117.4
na sa sakhā̱ yo na dadā̍ti̱ sakhye̍ sacā̱bhuve̱ saca̍mānāya pi̱tvaḥ |
apā̍smā̱t preyā̱n na tad oko̍ asti pṛ̱ṇanta̍m a̱nyam ara̍ṇaṁ cid icchet ||
No friend is he who to his friend and comrade who comes imploring food, will offer nothing. Let him depart-no home is that to rest in-, and rather seek a stranger to support him.
10.117.5
pṛ̱ṇī̱yād in nādha̍mānāya̱ tavyā̱n drāghī̍yāṁsa̱m anu̍ paśyeta̱ panthā̍m |
o hi varta̍nte̱ rathye̍va ca̱krānyam-a̍nya̱m upa̍ tiṣṭhanta̱ rāya̍ḥ ||
Let the rich satisfy the poor implorer, and bend his eye upon a longer pathway. Riches come now to one, now to another, and like the wheels of cars are ever rolling.
10.117.6
mogha̱m anna̍ṁ vindate̱ apra̍cetāḥ sa̱tyam bra̍vīmi va̱dha it sa tasya̍ |
nārya̱maṇa̱m puṣya̍ti̱ no sakhā̍ya̱ṁ keva̍lāgho bhavati kevalā̱dī ||
The foolish man wins food with fruitless labour: that food -I speak the truth- shall be his ruin. He feeds no trusty friend, no man to love him. All guilt is he who eats with no partaker.
10.117.7
kṛ̱ṣann it phāla̱ āśi̍taṁ kṛṇoti̱ yann adhvā̍na̱m apa̍ vṛṅkte ca̱ritrai̍ḥ |
vada̍n bra̱hmāva̍dato̱ vanī̍yān pṛ̱ṇann ā̱pir apṛ̍ṇantam a̱bhi ṣyā̍t ||
The ploughshare ploughing makes the food that feeds us, and with its feet cuts through the path it follows. Better the speaking than the silent Brahman: the liberal friend outyalues him who gives not.
10.117.8
eka̍pā̱d bhūyo̍ dvi̱pado̱ vi ca̍krame dvi̱pāt tri̱pāda̍m a̱bhy e̍ti pa̱ścāt |
catu̍ṣpād eti dvi̱padā̍m abhisva̱re sa̱mpaśya̍n pa̱ṅktīr u̍pa̱tiṣṭha̍mānaḥ ||
He with one foot hath far outrun the biped, and the two-footed catches the three-footed. Four-footed creatures come when bipeds call them, and stand and look where five are met together.
10.117.9
sa̱mau ci̱d dhastau̱ na sa̱maṁ vi̍viṣṭaḥ sammā̱tarā̍ ci̱n na sa̱maṁ du̍hāte |
ya̱mayo̍ś ci̱n na sa̱mā vī̱ryā̍ṇi jñā̱tī ci̱t santau̱ na sa̱mam pṛ̍ṇītaḥ ||
The hands are both alike: their labour differs. The yield of sister milch-kine is unequal. Twins even diffier in their strength and vigour: two, even kinsmen, differ in their bounty.
Translations (6)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Hymns from the Rigveda — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1922, English
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (2)
- Saṃvādasūkta — Sanskrit
- Śāstrarahasya — Rājārāma, Sanskrit
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